Chirrrp.
Chirrrp.

The sound of insects crying out was unusually clear tonight.

It felt like it had just been daytime moments ago, yet the moon was already high in the sky.

Under that moonlight, I was climbing a mountain path.

The faint scent of grass and the crisp autumn breeze should have made me feel better.

But—

“Whew…”

The expression on my face as I walked wasn’t exactly pleasant.

How could it be?

‘I’m dead tired.’

It felt like I’d spent the whole day caught in a typhoon.

I hadn’t actually done much, but the circumstances left me so …